Conserving the skylarks of Wanstead Flats - Epping Forest

Catch up on all the action from Epping Forest's very first "Skylark Send-off" on Wanstead Flats.

Along with friends and volunteers from the Wren Wildlife & Conservation Group, we celebrated the end of this year's nesting season and the removal of the temporary conservation fencing which was put in place to protect these incredible and rare ground-nesting birds.

Wanstead Flats is a Special Area of Conservation and forms part of Epping Forest – Essex’s and London’s largest green space – which is managed by the City of London Corporation.

The Forest stretches from Manor Park in the south, through to Epping in the north, covering an area of around 8,000 acres and attracts over 10 million visitors every year.

The City Corporation protects a total of 11,000 acres of green space in London and south east England – including places like Hampstead Heath, Burnham Beeches and over 180 smaller sites within the Square Mile, investing more than £38m a year. Most of these are charitable trusts, running at little or no cost to the communities that they serve, and are protected from being built on by special legislation.